Thomas hubley



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T. HURLEY. Dwelling House.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HURLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DWELLlNG-HOUSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,416, dated June 29, 1880.

Application filed March 19, 1880.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HURLEY, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dwelling` and other Houses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to secure light and air in the sidesbetween the adjoining houses built in continuous rows of several in a block, as is now so prevalent in cities.

The invention consists ot' independent side walls behind a continuous front wall, separated by a space sufcient for a narrow passage at the ground, which widens upward by making the walls a little sloping, so that the buildings diminish a little in width, and thus the width of the well or space for light and air is increased upwardly, which practically furnishes more light within the rooms than would be had if the walls` were vertical and the space equal to the greatest breadth.

In connection with sloping side walls, it is also proposed to provide substantial partitionwalls between the entrance hall or passages and the rooms, capable of containing or forming part ot' the chimney-dues, and thus provide for shifting the said tlues from the side walls, where they are commonly located.

Figure 1 is partly a rear elevation and partly a sectional elevation of a number ot' houses arranged and constructed according to the iuvention, the section being on the line cc cc, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of Fig. l on the line y y.

A represents the front wall ot' the block, which will be continuous alongthe whole block, same as in the'common arrangement.

B represents the rear walls, which divide at O, Where they join the side walls, D, each separate house having its independent wall, and the said walls being located about the width of a narrow passage apart at the base, and sloping therefrom upward, so as to widen said space, as shown, for the better inlet of light and air from the rear and top. The front wall may have windows F, if desired,for uniformity, and for light and ventilation.

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It will be readily understood that the inclination of the windows G will enable more of both the direct and reiiected rays of light to enter than vertical windows would, and it is believed that the same is true with reference to air.

H represents the brick or other substantial partition-walls which it is proposed to employ, in connection with the sloping side Walls between the passages I and rooms J, to contain or form part of the chimney-fines K. Where the passage is dispensed with between upper rooms these flues may be brought together into the one partition, as shown at L, over the passage below.

What I claim as my invention isl. A group oftwo or more houses constructed with two external side walls, facingeach other, provided with windows, and diverging from the base upward, whereby an open tapering space is formed between two adjoining houses or two adjoining sections of the same house, to provide. el'ective light and ventilation without detracting seriously from the capacity of the houses, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A group of two or more houses constructed with two divergiug walls, facing each other, provided with windows, and rising from the saine foundation and diverging toward the root', thereby forming an open tapering space for light and ventilation between two adjoining houses or two sections ot' the same house, while economizing space and material, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In the construction of two or more houses in a row or block, the said houses connected by a continuous front wall, A, common to all, and having the independent sloping side walls, D, with a space or passage between, wdenin g upward, to facilitate theinlet of light and air by the windows of said walls D, substantially as specilied.

THOMAS HURLEY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. WALES, JN0. E. GAvrN. 

